what make you learn English?

@seared (261)
China
October 8, 2007 10:45am CST
Because every student have to learn English when we entered high school in our country,we have to learn it if we want to pass the martriculation even some of us don't like it at all.How about you?in your country,students have to learm English and pass the matriculation English test if you want enter the college?
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
8 Oct 07
English is an international link language and spoken and understaood widely all over the world. Knowing this importance, your country must have introduced this compulsory education in English. It is good. In India, parents admit the children to kindergarten schools only if they are teaching in english. Local languages have no say particularly in urban areas and cities. In villages, of course it is the local language that dominates. We are learnt English, because it is part of our curriculum. Secondly, we knew the importance of knowing the language to work in private firms. Also to learn computers, letter writing skills, all these require knowledge of English. Those who are doing scientific research, to read international publications, to participate in international conferences, to meet foreigners, one should know the knowledge of english.
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@ssh123 (31073)
• India
10 Oct 07
Who said everyone has to learn english to pass the examination. IT is upto the students either to learn english or local lannguage.
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@seared (261)
• China
10 Oct 07
Thank you.I know it's important.but I really don't think everyone have to learn it and pass the examination if they want to guanduate from college.
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• Philippines
26 Dec 07
ever since i started entering school, our curriculum is taught primarily in english. it is mandatory based on the department of education so we really need to learn it. afterall, it is of much advantage if you can speak english fluently if you're from a non-english speaking origin.
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@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
7 Nov 07
Since our elementary days, english has been one of our subjects. it is a need to learn it because it is after all the international language and we need to know that in order for us to be able to communicate with other people in the whole wide world. ^__^ and just like any other subjects, we can't afford to fail in English. we wouldn't be able to move on if we have always have a back subject. ^__^
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@paulsy (1263)
• Philippines
8 Oct 07
Here in our country, from the beginning a child enters school, he or she is taught English. English is most commonly used by schools. So even before a student reaches college, he or she knows how to speak English already. I was raised in an English-speaking family. My father spoke English to all of us 9 children from the time we were born. It was a rule in the house that everyone speaks English. We actually learned to speak Filipino when we began going to school, as everyone around us was speaking Filipino, and English was only being used inside the classroom.
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@seared (261)
• China
10 Oct 07
thanks for your sharing.I guess it's really good for you to speak English in your family when you are a child. we have no this kind of language environment,sometimes it is really hard for us:(
• Philippines
26 Dec 07
although we practice english at home, our grandparents still insist on making us speak in Filipino, way back my childhood days.
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• United States
8 Feb 08
I had to learn English to get into school and later college..also my major was English and so were most of my relatives native tongue..German was taught but I do not speak of this as I think that my German sounds very harsh..gibberish..and i just learned Tagalog and Visayian for my wife's relatives..but they prefer English or a slang version of brooken English but good fortune in the year of the RAT..i am a Rooster..lol but my Dog is a shih tzu..Reggie? and he four year old
• United States
12 Feb 08
Thank you..i am a Rooster and my wife is a Dragon..but i new some women who were a Tiger and a rat..last year was the year of the pig (boar_:) [[pig)) lechon
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@seared (261)
• China
12 Feb 08
:)thank you! Wish your wife and you have a happier life in the year of RAT!and Happy New Year! coz here we are in Chinese lunar new year holiday!
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@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Feb 08
although we are filipino but the language use in every subject we had is english, at first it so difficult to learn it because that is not our language but many of us learn it with no difficulties.
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• Indonesia
15 Feb 08
I was pretty loose about English, never really thought about it until I got into college. Luckily, I've played many English-based video games and somehow I remembered most of the easy words. The English test in my country wasn't that great but still many didn't make it. No particular reason for me to learn English, my teachers taught me the basics, and I continued it up till now. I'm just glad I was quite interested to this language because learning a new language at my age right now would prove to be quite troublesome, just like what happens with me studying Japanese these days.
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• Philippines
10 Sep 09
well, learning English back in high-school was part of the curriculum, same goes during college but when i started working in a call center that's when i realized how important speaking English is, in dealing with foreign customers